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School-Parent Partnerships

"… If you didn't have support you'd think, 'What's the point of doing this? No one's gonna care.' So it's good to have some support from your family, keeps you going."
(secondary school student)

The School-Parent Partnership Project provides practical and in-depth guidance for parents, schools, link workers and all professionals working within schools to strengthen partnerships between parents and schools. The Family and Parenting Institute worked with five schools in England and Wales on this project, and the project was funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

An Executive Summary of the report is available for download as well as a booklet, "School-parent partnerships: a short guide". A print copy of the report can be ordered on our website and it includes:
- Models for building effective partnerships between schools and parents
- Case studies – schools and agencies
- Factsheets for parents and schools

Following the findings of the project factsheets

have been designed to strengthen the partnership between schools and parents. There are also case studies included in the report illustrating the models for building effective partnerships between parents and schools.

"The only thing I get asked about school when I get in, my dad says "Have you got any homework?" and that's it."
(secondary school student)

IN THE NEWS:

The report on school-parent partnerships has been covered by the Guardian. Please follow this link to read about it Guardian Article - Meet the parents.

READ ALSO:

About the Master Class and launch of the report that was held on 10 March 2009 and dowload the presentations.